In TapeTrack, a Certificate is a digitally-generated form that indicates whether or not a Repository is performing adequately. Repositories can either receive a Certified status or a Refused status. Repositories gaining a Certificate Refused status have Audit Failures due to either surplus or deficit Volumes.

Certificates that have previously been generated are listed on the Certificate tab in TapeTrack TapeMaster.

• Time displays the date and time the certificate was produced.
  • A tick indicates a successful certification.
  • A cross indicates an unsuccessful certification.
• Signature displays the certificates unique digital signature.
• Description displays the description (if any) of the certificate.
• Count displays the deficit count of volumes.
• Deficit displays the deficit count of volumes.
• Surplus displays the surplus count of volumes.
• Status displays certificate's certified or refused status.

Right-click on a certificate and select Properties, or double-click to open the required certificate.

The top half of the certificate displays:

• Certificate Properties
  • Customer: Customer-ID or Name
  • Media: Media-ID or description
  • Repository:Repository-ID or description
  • Items: Total number of volumes audited
  • Deficit: Number of volumes in deficit (not present but should be)
  • Surplus: Number of volumes in surplus (present but should not be)
• Update Statistics
  • When
    • Date
    • Time
    • UTC Offset
    • Time at Source
    • Time Zone
  • From
    • Machine Name
      • Details
        • Connection Count
        • First Connection
        • Last Connection
      • Interface
      • Operating System
    • As
      • User-ID
      • User Name

The bottom half of the certificate displays a list of the Volume-ID's in the certification audit and their status:

• OK: Present in the reconciliation and supposed to be.
• Surplus: Present in the reconciliation but not meant to be.
• Deficit: Not present in the reconciliation process but meant to be.